Iowa Amateur winner Gene Elliott, left, shakes hands with runner-up Dane Worley after they signed their final-round scorecards at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames. Elliott edged Worley by a shot.

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So just how did Gene Elliott win his third Iowa Amateur golf championship Sunday? Here's the long and short of it.

Elliott, 51, used a short putter on long putts and a long putter on short putts. It resulted in a 54-hole score of 3-under 210 at Coldwater Golf Links and a one-shot victory over Dane Worley of Cedar Rapids.

"I won the Mid-Amateur in May using a short putter," Elliott said. "Right after that, I couldn't make anything, so I went back to the long putter. But I just don't feel like I can run the tables with a long putter. A month ago, I took the 3-iron out of the bag and decided to use the long one on ...